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a_wanda
Mar 18, 2020Aspirant
Multiple WAC540 in a line
Hello hello Am looking into setting up a broad WiFi network that might span a kilometre. I've been looking into the WAC540 to serve the purpose. A lot of the documentation that I have been readin...
- Mar 26, 2020
Welcome to the community! :)
I'm afraid to inform you that the setup you want to implement is not possible. You can only configure star topology having 1 WAC540 set as a root and with up to 4 WAC540 set as extenders. Be sure to have the latest version of the NETGEAR Insight app installed in order to set up a mesh WiFi connection to the root access point. To learn more, kindly read pages 43-50 of the WAC540 user manual here.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
DaneA
Mar 26, 2020NETGEAR Employee Retired
Welcome to the community! :)
I'm afraid to inform you that the setup you want to implement is not possible. You can only configure star topology having 1 WAC540 set as a root and with up to 4 WAC540 set as extenders. Be sure to have the latest version of the NETGEAR Insight app installed in order to set up a mesh WiFi connection to the root access point. To learn more, kindly read pages 43-50 of the WAC540 user manual here.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
- a_wandaMar 26, 2020AspirantAlright. Thank you very much DaneA! The clarity is highly appreciated.